Disinformation floods social media after Nicolás Maduro’s capture

Within minutes of Donald Trump announcing in the early hours of Saturday morning that U.S. troops had capturedVenezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, disinformation about the operation flooded social media.

Some people shared old videos across social platforms, falsely claiming that they showed the attacks on the Venezuelan capital Caracas. On TikTok, Instagram and X, people shared AI-generated images and videos that claimed to show US Drug Enforcement Administration agents and various law enforcement personnel arresting Maduro.

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